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STEM- hands on class activities
Project Ignite


Lego Digital Designer


FLL (First Lego League)

2014-2015
Main Topics
1. Moving Straight
Motors, Sequences of Commands, Block Settings, Downloading and Running Programs, Move Steering Block
2. Turning
Turning, Types of Turns, Move Steering vs. Move Tank Block
3. Move Until Touch
Sensors, Wait For Block, Touch Sensor, Move Until Behaviors
4. Move Until Near
Ultrasonic Sensor, Thresholds
5. Turn for Angle
Gyro Sensor, Compensating for Sensor Error
6. Move until Color
Color Sensor
7. Loops
Loops, Patterns of Behavior
8. Switches
Switches, Conditional Reasoning
9. Switch-Loops
Obstacle Detection Behavior, Repeated
Decisions Pattern
10. Line Follower (Mini-Unit)
Line Following (a Repeated Decisions Pattern Behavior)
11. Final Challenge
Cumulative Application of Skills and
Knowledge
Engineering Notebook is a clear, complete documentation of the team’s design and building process.
Each member of the team must keep their own notebook organized as follows:First 3 pages (front and black) for the table of contentsbe able to explain the team’s design and strategy throughoutthe season. The notebook should document each individual and team’s personnel, time, and resourcemanagement throughout the season.
If your Engineering Notebook were going to be graded on a scale of 1 – 9 think of the different parts like this ...


  • Name on the journal is worth 1point,

  • Journal neatness is worth 1 pt,

  • Documentation of scheduling is worth 1 pt,

  • completed Sketches/Drawings would be worth 2 pts,

  • all appropriate notes, complete, worth 2 pts





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